Native Implementation vs Wasm for Go, Python and Rust Benchmark

In 2024 you would hear the term wasm pop up now and then. It is not exactly new, but it’s gaining more traction due to wider ecosystem in recent years. Wasm stands for web assembly, essentially it’s a format that allows you to execute binaries in browser runtimes. Imagine creating a website, and you need to implement a specific function. The problem is that it is much easier to implement this function in Go, but your website is written in typescript. This happens to be a static site, so a backend shouldn’t be necessary. You can either: ...

December 4, 2024 · 3 min · Karn Wong